Rolf Harris denies child sex abuse allegations during court trial

This article was last updated on April 16, 2022

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Entertainer Rolf Harris has denied child sex abuse charges during the court trial on Tuesday saying that he didn’t assault his daughter’s friend when she was 13 during his family’s overseas trip in 1978.

The 84-year-old has also insisted that he had only a 10-year consensual affair with the principal complainant which only began after she flirted with him as an adult.

The alleged has told jury at the Southwark Crown Court that he was flattered when the 18-year-old friend of his daughter started flirting with him which led to the start of their physical relationship.

Mr Harris has also told that the girl was a willing participant in all of the intimate encounters, even instigating some.

The veteran artist currently faces 12 counts of indecent assault on four alleged victims between 1968 and 1986, all of which he denies.

Seven relate to his daughter’s friend, who claims he carried out a string of assaults on her over a number of years, starting with an alleged incident on holiday when she was 13.

At the start of his defence trial on Tuesday, the TV star has admitted being a “touchy-feely” person but disputed the statement of the alleged victim of indecent assaults during family vacations in Hawaii.

Mr Harris has further told the court that their relationship later “ground to a halt” and “ended in a very acrimonious way”.

During a meeting with alleged victim at a pub in Norfolk, she had asked for £25,000 for an animal sanctuary and on being refused she had threatened to go to the newspapers to reveal their affair.

Later, Mr Harris also received a letter from alleged victim’s father, confronting him about his alleged abuse, narrating the accused as “disgusting”. However, the star had burnt the letter immediately.

The entertainer has also asked the lady for forgiveness after feeling responsible for the whole trauma she went through and developing a chronic alcohol problem to get some relief.

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